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General Daniel Brodhead

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of an oval-shaped pendant with a portrait of General Daniel Brodhead (October 1736-November 1809) of Pennsylvania. General Brodhe...
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Aupaumut Memorial Tablet

Date: 06 14 1928
Description: The Aupaumut Memorial Tablet unveiling ceremony. The memorial is for Captain Hendrick Aupaumut, a Revolutionary War soldier, born 1757, died 1830. The tabl...
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Aupaumut Memorial Tablet

Date: 06 14 1928
Description: The Aupaumut Memorial Tablet unveiling ceremony. The memorial is for Captain Hendrick Aupaumut, a Revolutionary War soldier, born 1757, died 1830. The tabl...
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Statue of Nathan Hale

Date: 1914
Description: A bronze statue at Yale College honoring Nathan Hale. The ivy covered brick wall of Connecticut Hall fills the background of the photo.
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Dedication to Nathan Hale

Date: 1913
Description: A monumental rock dedicated to Nathan Hale (1755-1776), schoolteacher, member of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary war and widely rega...
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General Anthony Wayne Monument

Date: 1908
Description: Statue of General Anthony Wayne an American Revolution General, astride a horse. Dedicated on June 20, 1908 the Henry K. Bush-Brown bronze surmounts a gent...
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Mother Chick Tavern

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Description: The Mother Chick Tavern, where Nathan Hale, widely considered America's first spy during the American Revolutionary War, stopped the night before his captu...
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Star Redoubt

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Description: A road curves to the right and in the background is the Star Redoubt, a military structure built by Continental soldiers during the winter encampment of 17...
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Hut at Washington Springs

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Description: A set of stone stairs leads to a small soldiers' hut inhabited during the American Revolution. This view of the hut in a wooded area shows a door, a window...
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United States Memorial Arch

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Description: Front view of the United States Memorial Arch, completed in 1917. The arch was designed by Paul Philippe Cret, and exhibits the neoclassical style. The a...
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United States Memorial Arch

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Description: A view of the United States Memorial Arch, completed in 1917. The arch was designed by Paul Philippe Cret, and exhibits the neoclassical style. The arch re...
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New Jersey Brigade Monument and Inner Line Drive

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Description: Side view of the New Jersey Brigade Monument. Atop the monument stands a New Jersey Continental Soldier, and the base reads, "New Jersey Brigade," and "Con...
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Waterman's Monument

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Description: View of Waterman's Monument, a 50 foot granite obelisk erected in 1901 by the Daughters of the Revolution. The monument marks the site of the only identifi...
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Monument

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Description: Two statues mark the entrance of the picnic area of Valley Forge National Park. The monuments consist of identical bases and an eagle on top of each column...
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Fort St. George

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Description: A view of two cannons on a battlefield at Fort St. George, in which a battle broke out on November, 23, 1780.
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Revolutionary War Memorial

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Description: View of a Revolutionary War Memorial, erected by Mrs. Nancy M. Parke in 1903. A liberty bell and eagle sit atop a list of soldiers of the war in 1776.
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Monument to the Minisink Battle

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Description: View of a monument to the Minisink Battle. The plaque reads, "Erected by the Historical Societies of the Minisink Country and of the State of New York on t...
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1776, the Past, 1861, the Present

Date: 1860
Description: George Washington on the left holds the American Revolutionary flag with the date "1776" on it, and a Union Zouave soldier on the right holds a Union flag ...
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Surrender of General Burgoyne

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Description: Print made after John Trumball's painting, "Surrender of General Burgoyne," completed in 1822. The piece depicts General Horatio Gates in the center and G...
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Washington and Lord Cornwallis

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Description: A view of two copies of paintings relating to Yorktown, Virginia. The top copy is entitled, "Washington Declining Overtures from Lord Cornwallis," and bel...

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